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SteveHale
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 "There is no fear in love" 1 John 4:18

A missionary to Indonesia tells the story of how the natives, being saved from sins are saved also from fears that literally controlled their lives - such as the fear of continuing down the trail after hearing a certain bird call out from the jungle because it had special power from iblis (the devil). They would turn around and go home because they were afraid of the consequences.
There was also the fear of continuing to prepare a rice field prior to planting because they saw a snake. Thus they would have to sacrifice a pig, rice, money, some chickens or whatever the dukun (witch doctor) requested. If they could not afford to sacrifice to iblis they had to abandon the field even if it was very fertile or else pay the consequences.
Fear of crop failure haunted them if when they burned their field off, an animal got caught in the fire and died. They had to sacrifice to iblis or pay the consequences.
If they had fear of losing their sick child, they would make a jimat. This might be a little wooden block, a dove carved on top a hole dug in from the front in which is placed a stone and a wooden plug snugly closing the opening. The purpose is to hide the childs soul in the box (represented by the stone) from evil spirits with the dove guarding it.
We modern men don't have these fears, but we have many others of our own: the fear of losses in business, of remaining unemployed, the fear of sorrows, of war ect.
The words "don't fear" occurs in the Bible 366 times, once for every day of the year. Even the extra day of leap year is covered. If we love God, we are as safe amid the tempests of life as in heaven, because all things work together for good, for those that love God (Romans 8:28). Every day of the calender is covered. Don't fear.
By Richard Wurmbrand


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